Ear clip for eyeglasses



Apri114,1925. 1,533,190

J. JIRASEK EAR CLIP FOR EYEGLASSES Filed Sept. 1,9, 1925 Application med september is, ieee.

T 0 all 'LU/wm t 'may conce/rn.'

, Be it known that l JOHN Jinasnn, a citizen of the United ates oi: Americaj residins; in the city of etroit. countyT ot llVayne,

. StateY of Alflichig have invented certain new and useful niprovelfnents in an Clip tor Eyeglasses declare the follow ing` to be a full, clearj and exact description oliY the same, such as will enable others vskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the saine7 `reference being had to the accornpanyingdrawings7 which forni a part of these speeiiications.

The object of iny invention is to produce an ear clip that can be used in combination with eye glasses, :tor attaching saine to the ear of the wearer.

VAnother object is to produce an ear clip that can be attached to the retaining bows o1 the olasses, and that will hook into the 4iront told of the ear of the `wearerg near 4the top of the ear7 tor holding the glasses in place, instead of the long;` bows that pass over and behind the ear as is now in coniinon use.

Mfr further object is to provice an ear clip that is simple in construction, easily Y attached to the ear ot the wearer, eiiicient in its nurpose and can be manufactured at a low lcost.

@These several objects ar secured in the `preferred form by the construction more fully hereinafter set Ylorth.

Similar parte on all dran/'ings are marked by similar numerals.

Fig. l7 shows a pair ot' eye glasses with Y special ear clips attached thereto, illustrating the t'ull length bow with the ear clip made thereony also Va section bow with the ear clip attached to the outer end thereof, and further illustrated by showing a connecting glasses chain used in the place of the section bon', 'for connecting the clip to the glasses.

Fig. 2, is a side View ot the clip and 4glasses attached. v

Fig. 3, is also a side Viewv ot the ear clip showing how the ear clip attaches to the front told ot the top section o1rz the ear ot the wearer.

Figs. l and 5, are views ot alternate -terms ot' clips,being bent and formed ot a single piece ol Wire, instead ot' shaped itroin a single bar.

Fig. 6, is also an alternate for using a flattened ball onthe end 1n of clip7 of the re- Seral No. 663,543.

taining hook of the clip, instead of the curved arin as shown in the other Views.

iriil non' describe more 'ully the detailed construction ot' niy ear clip, referring to the dran .1 and the lnarlrs thereon.

''h i l construction of rny ear clip o' a hooked ear stern, either attached to, or niadc a part ot' the retaining bow ot' the eye ses, ttor hooking into the front reid in the top section of the oar of the wearer7 and is provided with a projecting part on thc end of the hook tor retaining the hook wihin the ntold of the ear. The present glasses is bent over and behind the ear, and which tends to irritate the ear by pressure l'roin the bow.

The clip lis made of a flat bar, either h ot metal or Celluloid, formed into a hooked end -a-, having a curved side arm extending from one side ot' the hook. The hoolr -ais made very short and closed nearly to the stem ot' the bar -l-, leaving only sutlicient opening' therein to hook over and receive the front fold of the ear as shown in Fig'. 3. The length oi.E the hook ah being;- sulticient to extend to the bottorn of the ear told, and is terminated by the curved arm -Z), formed to lit the natural curve of the ear told, `for distributing the pressure caused by the attached eye glasses and for retaining' the clip in place. The clip may be made ol any suitable niaterial that can be foi-ined into the required shapes, and is suitable Yl'or use with eye glasses. The clip -lis attached to the boW-5- of the glasses by means o the connecting wire -2-. rl`he clip may, also, be made a part of the bow, both being formed oi" one piece, as illustrated by the bow 3- in Fin. l, and the bow clip -3- being attached directly to the glasses by the pivot -Ll-. The exact tol-1n or enrres oli the hooks on my ear clip may bc varied, but my invention relates to any hooked clip attached to eye glasses which engage the front fold in the top section of the ear of' the wearer, having` means for retaining the said hook Within the told of the ear. rlhe ear clip may also be formed with a small hole gin the end ot the stein for attaching the guard chain *G therein. to be used instead of the ordinary bow `tor retaining; the eye-glasses in place, the bow -5- being omitted if the chain is used.

Alternate forms of the ear clip are illustorni ot retaining bow for eye r of the ear and is operative for the purpose f for Which it is designed.

Fig. 6 also shows an alternate form et .ear clip, being shaped'o'f Wire Iinto a hook and terminatingfln a {iattened ball -a Von the extreme Vend ofthe hook Wire for re- )taining the 'clip Within the told ofthe ear.

Havingfully described inf/ear clipa what I'Lelann as-my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

' 1. An earclip yfor eyeglasses adapted to he :attached to the ends of the retaining hows of the y. 2,lasses, comprising a short ear stein, Ameans for attaching,` saine to the bow of lthe glasses, hooked means on the lend of :the stem .orenga-ging the front oldin the -top Asection of the ear of the wearer, and

to retain the clip therein.

means :for retaining saidl hook Within the i'old of the-ear. K

2. An ear clip adapted to be attached to Vthe retaining bows of eye glasses, compris-V ing a short ear stem, means for attaching saidsteni tothe bows of the glasses, a hook on the outer end of said stem to engage the front old koz the Vear of the wearer7 and a curved arm projecting from the side of the hook to in' the natural curve ofthe ear and 3. An ear clip adapted tor use in holdingeye glassesin place onthe'wearer7 coinpri'sing :a short year stenn-a hook formed on 'the outer endo said stem for engaging the front fold ofthe-ear of the wearer, means for retaining said clilo hook Within the jfold of the ear, and mea-ns foi-'connecting said earfclip to the eyeglasses.

in Witness whereof l sign'these specificaf tions.

-JOHN Jinnsnn. 

